Sales & Racing OktoberFESTival in Baden-Baden - Iffezheim from October 15 to 17, 2021
Baden-Baden/Iffezheim, October 17, 2021 (MH). Owner Ina Emma Zimmermann (Gestüt Haus Zoppenbroich) already owned the runner-up in the Preis des Winterfavoriten in 2007 with Liang Kay, and on Sunday the owner, who lives in the immediate vicinity of Gestüt Zoppenbroich in Mönchengladbach, was delighted to triumph in the most important race for two-year-old fillies: In "Die Winterkönigin - Preis des Derbysiegers Sisfahan" (Group III, €105,000, 1,600 m), the Zarak daughter, trained by Peter Schiergen in Cologne and masterfully ridden by champion Bauyrzhan Murzabayev, dominated this highlight of the Sales & Racing OktoberFESTival on Sunday at the racecourse in Baden-Baden-Iffezheim as a 6.4:1 chance. Stefan Oschmann and Michael Motschmann, the owners of derby winner Sisfahan, were the new partners in the race.
Early preliminary decision
Entering the final straight, Murzabayev gave the signal to set off and stormed away from the competition after an ideal race from the front on the far outside to a clear lead. With a lead of two and a quarter lengths, Lizaid, who thus remains unbeaten after two starts and added 60,000 euros in prize money to her owner's account, set the course for victory against the long-time leading outsider Rondina and Sibylle Vogt's ride Barina, who, like the winner, came from the Schiergen stable.
Bad luck for the favorite
The favorite Lacuna had a very unfortunate race in fourth place from last and got into the game far too late, and the highly rated Enjoy The Dream also had a lot going against her in fifth place. Iffezheim local heroine Artemia also played no role in ninth place.
Voices of those involved:
Bauyrzhan Murzabayev (jockey of the winner Lizaid): "I had great guts on Lizaid. She has a big heart. More speed would have been even better, but she was able to pull away from her opponents early on."
Peter Schiergen (trainer of the winner Lizaid and third-placed Barina): "There was little speed at the start. But Bauyrzhan was not impressed by that on Lizaid. She is a great mare. Barina also did very well in third place."
Waldemar Hickst (trainer of runner-up Rondina): "Rondina did very well. It was also a great ride by Alexander Pietsch. I always had a good opinion of her."
Henk Grewe (trainer of fourth-placed Lacuna): "She was very unfortunate, because Lacuna was actually supposed to go in the lead. Now she was in last place and had little room on the home straight. Everything went completely against the plan."
Photo credit: www.marcruehl.com (Lizaid)
